Jack Caldwell’s memorial service was held on May 25th
(appropriately this was Africa Day) at University House.
In his May Upddate at http://bit.ly/VCBlog30May
the Vice-Chancellor wrote
“We also celebrated the life of Professor John Caldwell, Head of the University’s internationally-renowned Department of Demography from 1970 to 1988. Jack, as he was known to his colleagues and friends, had an incredibly close relationship with Africa and its people. His legacy will continue through the expansive network of ANU demographers spread across the African continent today.”
This elicited two comments:Comment by Robyn Lucas
12.30pm 2 Jun 2016
“As noted, Professor John Caldwell was Head of the University’s internationally-renowned Department of Demography from 1970 to 1988. Jack was also a key player in establishing the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health and was Associated Director from 1988 until his retirement from NCEPH and the ANU in 1995. During his time at NCEPH, Jack built links between NCEPH and the School of Demography and ensured that demography was a key part of the multi-disciplinary research that characterises NCEPH. The John C Caldwell Fellowship, administered by NCEPH, is awarded annually for an African researcher to spend time at ANU, developing collaborations with researchers at NCEPH and the School of Demography.”
Comment by David Lucas
10.45am 6 Jun 2016
“The second Caldwell Fellow, from Kenya, has just completed a successful visit to the ANU, but otherwise African Studies at the University need re-vitalising. The Caldwell Chair in Population, Health and Development ceased to exist in 2013. Professor Stocklmayer, distinguished for her work in science education in Africa, retired this year. Apparently because of a lack of interest by the Crawford School, ANU will no longer co-host the annual Australian Africa Conference, funded by DFAT.”